Organic and Organomineral Fertilizers for Sustainable and Circular Agriculture—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Previously, we successfully published the first Special Issue on the topic of organic fertilizers and included several important works. To more widely apply the research in this field, we propose a second volume and welcome all scholars to submit their manuscripts.

Farmers have used animal and vegetable organic residues for several years as a primary source of nutrients to fertilize agricultural soils. However, with the development of mineral fertilizers, the use of organic residues has reduced.

In recent years, the use of organic and organomineral fertilizers has increased due to high organic residue production in response to the growing pressures of conforming to environmental quality standards. In addition, mineral fertilizers present high costs and demand, which is associated with low efficiency, thereby impacting production costs and the environment.

Organic and organomineral fertilizers have been defined as products resulting from the physical mixture or combination of mineral and organic (organomineral fertilizers) or just organic (organic fertilizers) components, with high contents of organic carbon, cation-exchange capacity, and nutrients. These organic matrices can originate from different sources (i.e., animal manure, coffee straws, and filter cakes) and are used to increase nutrient use efficiency and fertilizer demand.

Therefore, organic and organomineral fertilizers have been presented as alternatives to increase nutrient use efficiency, reduce the fertilizer demand with great potential for optimizing the use of by-products, and promote sustainable and socially acceptable alternatives to achieve a circular economy.

This Special Issue will once again focus on “Organic and Organomineral Fertilizers for a Sustainable and Circular Agriculture”. The submission of original research articles, review articles, communications, letters, and opinions providing innovative insights into related topics are welcome for review.

Dr. Risely Ferraz Almeida
Dr. Roberta Camargos de Oliveira
Prof. Dr. Teodor Rusu
Guest Editors

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